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On November 2, 2006, the CNADC hosted Innovations in Dementia Treatment & Care: Filling the Early Stage & Early Onset Gap. The program included a panel of diagnosed individuals and their families (early onset & early stage) discussing the impact of living with dementia.

Over 300 guests attended the 2004 Best Practices Day.

Attendees had an opportunity to view poster presentations on innovative dementia care and research from practitioners, program developers and clinical researchers.

 
 

Past Best Practices Days & Town Hall Meetings

November 2, 2006
2006 Innovations in Dementia Treatment and Care
"Filling the Early Stage & Early Onset Gap"
Keynote Speaker - M.-Marsel Mesulam, MD - Early Onset Alzheimer's and Non-Alzheimer's Dementias
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November 3, 2005
2005 Town Hall Meeting
"Research on Memory Loss: From Cells to Social Work"
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October 14, 2004
Keynote Address:
Julie Dunn, PhD
"Maintaining Cognitive Health: Things Your Mother Might Have Told You"
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October 2, 2003
Keynote Address:
Barbara Newhouse, MS
Vice President, Program/Community Services – Alzheimer’s Association, National Office
“Best Practices – Past, Present, and Future”

Community Leadership Awards:
Melanie Chavin, MS, MT-BC
Vice President, Chicago Operations and Program Development
Alzheimer’s Association—Greater Illinois Chapter

Alzheimer’s Association—Greater Illinois Chapter
Accepted by Kent Barnheiser

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October 4, 2002
Keynote Address:
Sandra Weintraub, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
Director, Clinical Core of the Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center
Northwestern University
“Memory and Aging: Intervention and Prevention”

Community Leadership Awards:

Hedy Ciocci, BSN, RN
Director, Dementia and Adult Day Services
Council for Jewish Elderly

Council for Jewish Elderly
Accepted by Daniel Silverstein, Senior Vice President

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November 8, 2001
Keynote Address:
Sanford Finkel, MD
Director, Council for Jewish Elderly’s Leonard Schanfield Research Institute
“The Biopsychosocial Perspective—The Best Practice of Alzheimer’s Disease”